Competitions
The Cambridgeshire English and Maths Team have been running the Year 5 Maths Challenge and Year 6 English Challenge for many years and each year they are well-attended by teams of enthusiastic children from schools across the county. The competitions are for teams of four children, who work together to solve challenging questions from a range of topics.
The English Challenge is for children in Year 6, who work collaboratively solving questions about books, famous characters, text types and basic skills. This competition takes place in the autumn term. If you would like more information please email us at English.team@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
The Maths Challenge is for teams of four Year 5 children. The children work together to solve puzzling problems designed to test their knowledge and memory skills along the way. The competition takes place in the summer term. If you would like more information please email us at maths.team@cambridgeshire.gov.uk.
Taking part
Live heats are held in schools across the county in the spring term (Year 6 Cambridgeshire English Challenge) and the summer term (Year 5 Cambridgeshire Maths Challenge). Once all heat locations are finalised, booking will be available by visiting School Improvement Service online calendar (bookingbug.com)
Taking part in future heats
If you would be interested in hosting a heat at your school, please read the 'Hosting a Heat' guidelines document - which you can download below.
If you are planning on entering a team, but are not the host school, you will need to approach taking a team to the competition in the same way that you would for attending any other extra-curricular event, following your school’s relevant policies and protocols.
Contact us
For more information or to contact the team, email Gary Casey